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Efforts to combat climate change often exclude Indigenous people – and they may not have any recourse
Imagine living in the same forest as your parents, grandparents, great-grandparents and all your ancestors as far back in time as stories can tell, and depending on the forest for food, shelter, recreation and education....
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Have we finally worked out how Venus flytraps snap shut?
The mystery of how a Venus flytrap closes fast enough to catch insect prey may have been partially solved.
Venus...
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Global map reveals the vast scale of underground fungal networks
Just under Earth’s surface, 110 quadrillion kilometres of carbon-rich fungi intersect with plant roots. This vast network has been...
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How Pennsylvania towns are protecting themselves from the noise, heat and utility costs of massive data centers
Pennsylvania has become a hot spot for data center proposals and public backlash about where to build them.I’m a law professor and executive director of Penn State’s Center for Energy Law and Policy. I’m also...
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How the development of solar and wind farms on the Tibetan Plateau is affecting local communities
China is building some of the world’s largest solar farms on the Tibetan Plateau, where nomadic people have grazed herds of animals for millennia.It’s not the first time Tibetan regions have become a major source...
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Vaping after quitting smoking is linked to lung cancer
Smokers who give up cigarettes but still vape have more than a 50 per cent higher chance of developing...
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Life after death: From burned trees to bleached corals, how dead organisms live on as the building blocks of new life
People’s knee-jerk reaction to seeing death in nature is often not positive. The burn scar left by wildfire on a once-forested hillside, or a ghostly white coral reef, may evoke tragedy and despair. But in...
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Striking photos show how sands are encroaching on oases in the Sahara
This oasis (above) next to the town of Mao, Chad, allows farmers to grow date palms and cultivate a...
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Meta pulls new AI image feature after days of backlash
Meta has abruptly taken down a new feature that allowed people to use its artificial intelligence (AI) tool to...
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